Although it's been a bit quiet on the War Hounds update front, the new plastic MKIII Space Marines in the Prospero boxed set have encouraged me on a small building binge.Although the MKIII suits are all-but identical, there are small differences, like the rivets being much smaller, the helmets having not as hollow eyes and not being as sloped in the faceplate. In reality you'd only know if you've painted them before and they look identical in the army!Really, it's just amazing to have plastic MKIII miniatures to convert easily, glue easily and can be used in a much more organic way with the existing plastic miniatures.The first minis I did after Prospero was released were these Tactical Support troops...any excuse to roll out more Volkites. Then it was time to use one of the new scenic bases.

I put this guy together to trial two things; making a member of a Command Squad and also using one of the new scenic bases. The Age of $igmar ones seemed better, as if the War Hounds were cleansing some world. As for the miniature, he is a mix of plastic and FW MKIII. The axe is from the Chaos Warriors kit and seemed to fit in as a brutal weapon these guys would have. The addition of the horn was just an idea I had of something the War Hounds might have. In time this will be replaced with a bigger one, just waiting on that to arrive. All members of the Command Squad will have back banners, this one is more elaborate than the normal marine version, as is his shoulder pad which has the Legion number, Legion symbol, an honour of some type and a Veteran badge. Figured that would be about right for someone in that squad.His other shoulder pad is form the Vanguard box (?) with a skull from the Age of $igmar Hero bases on top.Quite like this guy as a basis for a Command Squad - the idea for the helmet I'm still nutting out.

Both of these guys belong to the Tactical Support Squad, sporting those nifty Volkites. The banner in this unit is identical to the banner in the Tactical unit, so this is the look of the generic War Hounds banner that I'll stick with. Both of these guys are plastic MKIII from the Prospero box. They went together well and chopping arms up was a Hell of a lot easier than the Forge World versions.

The addition of plastic MKIII is a God send. If you're using the Forge World ones, do yourself a favour and get some of these plastic ones. They go pretty cheaply on eBay right now, so give them a go!

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